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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-19

and which cannsA b diverted from its iegiti.
mate plsce without certain confusion and In
he end untold wrotciied ness 10 all concerned.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-19

THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-19

'Ho houS~s - - Sua0 siSh ehos oouAO Ou0 III
that house 10 going to die. ! know more
than one person who has enough faith In this
notion to turn pale and tremble and be sorely
disturbed in mind, II at night dog sh ould
chance to howl before the front door. Now
the origin OF this superstition, to which %
many still are more or less subject, is moth.
ing else than this Among our Morse ances.
tors the roaring, wailing wind was the god
Oiin In one OF his characters, AZ among the
Greeks 1t was Hermes or Orpheus with his
magic Tyre. But Odin aud Hermes we re
both psychopomps," who enticeu and DO re
| away human souls out Of their bodies. Now
rs the human soul often was symbolized by
| q rat or mouse, 30 the psychopomp often was
represented as a dog Sarameissn says
Prot. Fiske, the vedic counterpart OF Her.
mes and Odip, sometimes appears invested
| with canine sttributes and countless other
examples go to show that by the early Aryan
| mind the bowling wind was conceived as q
| great dog or wolf As the fearful beast was
house-tops, the inmates treinbled, for none
knew but his own soul might forthwith be
required Of him. Hence to this day, among
Ignorant people, the bowling of a dog under
| the window Is supposed 70 portend death
In the family. IL Is the fleet greyhound OF
| Herines come to escort the soul to the river
S.yx.
| INNUMERABLE are the myths that have
grown from the attempts OF the primitive
mind to explain the dash OF lightning dart.
ing with such mysterious power from the
storm-cloud, rending the sky aud shstterina
| the hardest rocks. 1t IL represented O. r
| fiery serpent, Q strange worm, Q flower, II
has power to break open the rocks and noun
tains, and to reveal the unknown treasures
hidden beneath them. 1t Ia from pretty le
| Rend based on this myth that one of the mosI
universal favOrites among our flowers has de.
| rived Its name "a man, travelling on I
| lonely mountain, picks up Q little blue
flower and sticks II In his hat Forthwith
! an iron door opens, showing up q lighted
passageway, through which the man advances
Into q magnificent hall, where rubies and
diamonds and oil other kinds of gems arr
ly ing piled in great heaps on the floor, Al
he eagerly tills his pockets his hat dropl
from bis head, and when he turns to 70 ol
the little flower calls after him, FORGET ml
not" He turI back aud looks around, bu
u too bewildered with his good fortune Il
think OF his bare head or OF the luck fioWe
which no has let fall. He selects severa
more OF the finest jewels he can tind, sn(
again starts to 20 out but a. he name
through the door the mountain closes ami,
the crashing OF thunder, and cuts Off one a
his heels" But the flower to this dsv keen
Ito name, FOrgetme-not
JUST Why the forget me.not and thu ss1
tree, the hazel and the mistletoe should h
chosen to represent the lightning 10 mot yer,
plain. Prof. Fiske conjeoturss that Il ma,
have been because the mistlstoe branch
forked, - 10 the stem Of the loreet me.not
while the foliage of the ash ana hull Of ~
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-19

l Don't intend, however, to discuss this
theory, which is by no means accepted by all
mythologists l only want to refer to few
OF the supers,itions, yings, remnants Of an.
Client my this, that are woll known to all Of ua
and to point out their origin and original sig.
nihcance as given by Prof. Fiske.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

Here IL play which affords field Tor
Quick thinkers and good epeIlers, and
gives slos thinkers and poor spoilers =
voud chance 10 improve bv practice. IL
4 ~ exersise like. moreover, TO increase
ones vocabulary OF words aud 30 IN
ere ,se The gin of language hy testing u.
IL was given ~ pnzz's % the students
of Boston Institute Of Technology.
Two words are given of m eqral
number of letters. aud the problem y "a
change one to the other by altering one
letter AZ 4 time Of the first 20 as TO make
q legitimate English word. continuing
the alterations until the desired 'esu 4
attained. aud accomplishing this with
the smallest number of changes
The conditions are that only one letter
shall be altered from each new WORD
aud that none but w0r,ls which can be
found in English dictionaries shall be
used Here are some samples o. tht
changes:
East 10 west East, vast, vest, west.
| Dog 70 cat-Dog, cog. cot, cat.
| Soup TO fish Soup, sour, pour, pout
post, past, fast, fist, fish.
Road 10 rail Road, goad. goal, coal
coil, toll, tall, rail.
The game is becoming popular In fam
lily circles, aud seems TO furnish instruc'
tion with amusement.-S Selected.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

Monkey Gardner Shown Up
The indianapolis correspondent q the
New Albany Ledger. spssk> - follows Of
the discontinue Of Republican LegisIa-
tors last Friday:
Col. Mcdonald paid HE respects 10 h':
republican colleagues yesterday. and
warned them thai They had d9ty %
perform - sworn Scnssors and cItixcns
that was or ought 10 be higher than their
Idnty TO the party. He also nIluded
lhrishy 20 The cowsrdIy oct Of Senator
johnson IN striking him while be wns
enieavorinc 10 preserve Order and said
that no msn Of character, courage o.
sense would have committed the out
rage. The speech. though short, vas :
|slinging rebuke 70 the members who elt
|in their seats draw their pay. with Pres
lident Smiths name attached 10 their
vouchers. anil yet refuse 10 recognise
him or perform their duties- The peo-
Die will not forget that point. and i will
\ be repeated IN the nearing Of some mem
'bers or the Senate good MANY times BE-
tween now aud November, 1898.
1 Patton, or Sullivan, the old war horte
of the House made . charge q Gsrdiner
and galloped al over bic political car
lcass He made Gardiner admit that be
! was member Of branch of The knights
lof the Golden Circle in 1852, or similar
associations. that Ne voted for Greeley ~
1872, and that he had been kind o. gen.
slersl topper. The democrats enjoyed
!. Patson's speech and some Of the republic
-Ir<ns were not ~ all sorry 20 see the lea
der who has tailed thens q more thai!
J one important point, get : deserved
, scoring.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

Daviess County Democrat
speaking OF revivals," remarked Fill
w ashingt0n, Is he WAS DEITY ~crspsnx
the three days accumulation of fnzz and
coal-soos od reporters check Wrdnes-
tlay .sresnlnd- sne u the experience ot s's
old partner u mine that happened many
Years ago. We ran = harbrr-shop ~
Charleston. His. ani We were the only
colored men in the place. Tom john
son was ny partners name and hs
|hadn't been with me long until the ----
church tcgan . revival metting- A
short time before. Iom had killed man
In seif-drfense st Dsnviile. aud as be
was feeling pretty serious over the mat
ter. he began attending church aud va.
soon yinx like an old christssa- Hs
vas ia high glee. l told him that they
didn't want him there. hut Tom Was .
kind Of dude aud wore ping hns, and
he laughed q me. Finally some preach
|ers from distance struck the town si'l
the meeting, and the first night thes
were there, while Tom was praying likt
il good fellow, one OF them stepped up
slapped him on the shoulder and ex'
.Thats right. Pray on, my good fel
low thsre's plenty Of room - heavef
|for niggers, tool
1T made Tom how ling mad. He lef
the church and afler that he wouldn'
even look Il the building
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

The following IL from the indianapolis
correspondence Of the Louisville Cour'
ier-J Journal:
.This business will be bad thing for
theg party, 1 fear" said Democratic
senator in the lobby OF the Bates house
last night. "Ou that account, and also
on account OF Capt. Howard, whom !
always liked, am very sorry u hap
pened."
Democratic party" said another senator
|"N0 party can claim that sll its officials
are perfect. 1t is the party which un-
dertskes 10 shield wrong doers In ofIice
v which should suffer for such misconduct
In this case II was Democratic com
mittee OF the senate which first brought
10 ligbt the looseness and misconduct II
the management. When that commit
tee made their report several Of tht
ubers announced that they wonlf
offer bill 10 end the present term 10 OF
fee Of Capt. Howard At once. The Re
lpublicans can not claim that the Demo
Gratis have attempted 10 whi:ewash o.
cover up the wrong doing Of past year
that may have been going on In IN
Southern prison. II may be true tina
such mismanagement and corruption
have existed, but II was not sooner dis
covered because the investigation com
miteees failed 10 discover Il. There ~
now in the Senate two Republicans VIII
were on the committee Of two years aye
who helped investigate the prison an
who signed the report saying that every
thing was al right. learn that one
these Republicans stated that he wes
Through Warden Howard's books an
cast up the accounts. finding everyihin
Ito balance to cent. II Jack Howar
was slick enough 10 fool the Republican
on the committee. what wonder that
!. .Ifooled the Democrats! n
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

The school enumeration Of this State
shows q total Of white males, 373, 40
females. 354,642. and colored 3,237 males
and 1896 females, or q grand total Of
74499s children enumerated, OF which
5O6.l26 are enrolled in school with an
average daily attendance Of 346.575.
There ere employed In the schools oI
this State 6,769 white male teachers, y
40 white females, 81 colored male
teachers aud 81 coIorcd females. making
4 tota, Of l3.343 teachers, with an aver.
AGE salary Of 81 23 per day for males and
81 81 for females, or general average q
o2.O4 per day.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

Philadelphia Times: Minnesota has
ioined the high license column BY the
enactment OF : stringent Iicense system.
Under the new law saloons in cities Of
10000 Or more population pay license
u elO00, and IN al other localities,
where local option does not entirely for
bid license. the rate u $500 : year. The
Wcstern States are rapidly adopting
high license. and where the liquor inter
csts have been potential enough 20 de-
feat Il, prohibition has come with law
lessness aud demonstration rather thar
the suppression of the liqncr traffic. u
u now as clear a. the n0on-day sun in
|cloudless sky that either high license
with Just restrictions of the traffic rigid
Nv enforced, or prohibition must cem
sooner or later, IN every State of -
Union"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

The following patents were granted
for the week ending Feb. %, 1856, re-
ported expressly for this paper by jos;
II. Hunter, Solicitor Of American and
Foreign Patents, Washington. y. z.
T. J. Lindsay, Lafayette, planter, 8. a
Minnick, Elwood, fence machine; J. G.
stewart, Lebanon, school building; g
G. Udell, indianapolis, clothes rack
Elizabeth Wilson, Kokomo, duet de-
flector Granville and Luther Keeling
Onward, adjustable aud reversibIe fence
machine |; 4. w. Burt, Lafayette, twine
Icutter; r. N. HUFF and Joseph TAYLOR,
Warren, flour aud meal chest; Abrahs u
Denebum, Evansville, cork fastner
Jacob Mars. Warsaw, shaft support; J
! A. Ilih, indianapolis. pocket-book >. =
BalIew, Evansville, apparatus for fmov
lug gum from saws.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

PoRTERsyfLLE, IxD-, Feb ~ iro5-
Enron CouRIsR: On Sunday White
river being Ia good boating stage num-
ber or our citizens awaited themselves
or the opportunity Of walking % nsys'
willie. aud floating back on one o. ons
clever Fritz Manns' rsft's Of saw-ioy~
y hich, We will, (for convenlencel oe'
scribe as being the steamer WhIte Cray
|on. You will also understand there VA
considerable freight stored in her hull q
well as Z number Of passengers going
along - pleasure seekers- By the way
che was In command Of Capt. Mann
with william Crodel q the wheel. and
u number Of the boys registering q
clerks. mates and r0uxtabouls. Capt
! = ann being very hoapitabIe and wishin1
the passengers 20 enjoy their excursion
lemployed the service Of the Night Hawk
Ifbetter known q 10. SWarsz.) well
known Tug for strength and propciIin5
facilities 20 tow them into the head va
tiers or Hoffinsn's reach
| There was come OF our boys. not hetns
lposted ss 10 the time for the Whit
|Crayon 10 leave, GOT LEFT. On arrivin,
! a the river they were informed BY ~
Wharf Master tcomm0Mly called Shoe
maker Crodel) the Crayon had sailed
Not knowing what 10 do, and bein'
quite q distance from home, they de
'.termined q board . small yacht tina
was laying At the Dock waiting for re
Ipairs. cut her loose and iet her fioaI
jirusiing TO providence 10 land her. Ini'
however, Was very uncertain, Tor 80
! wore an aspect Of having encountered
hard storm o. wreck, for she was strip
|ped Of her sails. and was destitute Of
lIrudder. However, circumstances for
boat ride otherwise was bad, and TO th
astonishment Of the crew on board
. voice was heard from the Pilot House
1.-the Tug that was making her return,
leave her be. This they obeyed.
I course, making their exit BY jumpin
! from ten 60 fifteen feet 10 shore. VIII
4 le.se could be done? all other means 4
t'obtsining conveyance was exhausse
e and they had 70 wstch their chance, -
!. walk. However, We all got home, a.
: Fritz Mann's logs safely landed.
OxE on THE Bora.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

The Ancient Order Of workmen. with
its uniform assessment plan, holds the
frst place IN the confidence Of the
people in most sections Of the country
liz growth in the northern jurisdictions
has been phenomenal A. fraternity
III. membership. January 1st, 1886, wss
l55.495. but il begins 1857 with about
l75OuO members. Thus We fnd the Old
est Of the iraternal insurance eocie'ie'
vigorous and prosperous showing little
evidence OF age. The statistics of The
year have not been made up, hence the
with other years cannot %
given. en.-FraternsI Record.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

Howard got was from . Republican
member of the committee, and the ~.
mort would have been more severe had
II not been for the efforts Of this ttepuu-
lican. Tho investigation ana exposition
or the Senate committee made y Po.s'-
bic for the House committee 70 dow
II aid: and repeat, that the honor o.
exposing these frauds is due the Senate
committee. hope this Senate will sc'
promptly and pass the BILL"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

II gives fellow the hig-head n elect
him President Of "ihese here Uniiesl
|Siases-- They think they know u sll.
lust loak NJ n; President Grant vetoed
the hili equslizing bounties, while Pres
|idens Cleveland vet0es the dependent
pension bill. Washington Advertiser.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04
49,, ,saxp EVERY TRiDAy, AT JASPER
punols COUNTY, INDIANA. ~
CLEMENT DOANE.
OFFICE.-lS Cous'rK BuILp'Se On
Wrsr sixth STRICT
rnrcE ov sUBscEIP1IoS-
\, :, :. ubscrip ption, for my Nos, 81 6
For six montns'
.rrs ou ADvERTSsEINo.

Arrs Ov ADvERr>sEINo.
10 lines or less. ! week. 81 90
ror ~" a,uent insertion. rs cts.
rcnver advertisements at the same rate
/. S.action over even square or squares'
= n...cd as 4 square. These are the terms
so- s"r sransient advertisements reasona-
To- To- deduction will be made to regular
votices Of appointment Of sdmlnis.
80 and legal notices Of like character
70 be paid in advance.
AxxouxcrSe CANDIDATES..
ror Township Officers, each sau -
For County M
ror District. Circuit, or State ~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

The Democrats Of Rockport held an
election or their own 20 decide who
should Be- postmaster st that place.
There were flve candidates In the field
Tor the position, Mr. George J. Procas-
kew being one o. them aud receiving :
majority of the votes cast This settles
the long contested dispute . 20 whu
shall be r. =. Of the Rockport postofIice
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

David T. Watkins. . thriving farmer
In he neigh borhood of Onville, soId and
drove TO this place thirty-five head ~
becf cattle one day last week which
averaged over 1.O0o ronnds, and for
which he realized - 35 per cwt- yroes.
~ Princcfcn Leader.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

PeteFsbusr xsus-
There sre several persons IN Peters
burg that are lab0ring under dssa-ion.
They think because they have succeeded
In decciving the public. and in some
cases kept out Of the peni:entiary That
Ishey viii also .sIoolr the Lord aud keep
lout Of hell. But they are mistaken.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

The election which takes place IN
Rhode Island on April 9Th, is expected
70 be one Of the closest and most excit-
Ing which has occurred in th@t State in :
dozen years pat. a full list o. State
officers and members Of the Legislature
will b chosen, end an attempt will be
made 20 bring about : revision 81 the
BY the elimination Of the
property qualification for voters.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

The Wisconsin State encampment o.
the Grand Army Of the Republic has
unanimously adopted resolution cen
euring the President for yee0ing ne ~
pendent Pension Bill.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

Local capitalists are talking about
startinr bank. with SlOO,O0O capital
under the name of "'rhc Fret National
Bank OF Washington" Il will probably
he located IN Hyatt's Bank Building -
Dsviess Go. Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

Niss Ada Bennett. Airline station
agent and train dispatcher at Jaeper, wh0
~ been seriously III for several weeks
of spinal meningitis a the residence q
her mo,bcr IN this city, u convsIescing.
N. A. Ledger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

"Mr. Flipkins, what ever ID Or r.e-
o-u-i-e-m Z" asked Mrs. Coshannigan.
"A requiem! A requiem Il : humor-
ous anthem sung over the skeletons oI
deceased newspaper pGrsgraphcrs !"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04


-. II
SENATOR ATsppe. - sous"
on Aua'
For several weeks past Griff has false
~ charged that the senate Prison In
Committee aid not do its
duty. was "wined and dined by Warden
Howard and went back and reported
everything lovely,v and that The expo
sures or wrcng doing a. the Prison were
The result Of the Hnuse Committee Of
Republicans. he also malicioufly laysI
4, "a Senator Trjppet. whom he ignorant-|
ly reports as Chairman OF the Committee
The Chairman was senator Barrett in-l
stead Of Trippes. and any reader Of the
Legislative proceedings will see what 81
gross jniussice GriG attempts to impose
On senator Trippet, and the Democrsticl
AZ Il was the first 10 uncover
the fraud and report II 10 the Legislature,
with = recommendatio that ell the Of
lfcers be removed, then the Republic
cans or the House appointed . commit
I,ee. and they attempted to blacken mat
lters further. hut without succeas, the
Senate committee having thoroughly
done its work. hut We can better ict
Senator Trippet speak tor himself ahn .
reading oI bis speech VIII 'e'u'e u"c
ISLANDERS o. Urin
In the state SENATE 20 euo'' w. maui
70 sake up ana pass wnat y N"own -
the Barrett blii' .or thc re-osksn'A'.'ou :
of the State prisons. = mo',o" .n
made 70 postpone ac''on % 'ns =. o,1', .s.s
wh'cn was eenerAs'y oppvs1up -: e
Deuhocsa.s .nu T.;oes s.;o :! c"nos;ng n she
cn"s. o."asos ~ :. " 80 ;',sc ~ ,,;s-
.no'ion, '"'n ~ v. Se.,S". - es;s"e ~ - Great
,oIy - u"e ~ ~ pan,I,I;c.cs come
'e"k.n - ;nrn...,,on .-. 49, His remsrks
Iu"pleasa",, 'e.,,as. '
"e'o - 'o'o"
SENATOR TRIPPET's SPEECH.
on. p,rs,nrxry am opnosed "a
.l,ssno,,.g ~ cons;dera,ion az the 6ill
a.ss.s. shi,,t ~ nucht ~ net prompt.
~ "a urn she rsscsjs out. The prison
.c,,sh h.s heer rotten for twenty five
,ears (ol. ShuIer. The Predecessor oI
ua.,.~a ,-ss a. corrnpt a. ~. II come,
..;,r had grace from ,he Republicans t.
.hsrgs [ M shss ,hc Democratic rarty Is re-
..'ans;h,s a ~ she emismausgement or thi,
;ps';,.s;on ;; The Repuhlicans Are a. cul
,.,.,.. - she Democrsts Shuler. q Re
lps'..s.,;,s, was . defaulser 70 the tune o
r7o ooo ara was one or the guilty met
!, ~ ssrsned want 10 saw 10 the al
!. .ocs,es ~ ! nor-partisan board that Al
~ ...nsgement n directly attributabl,
l,o . mo,,. partisan hoard. Under the cor
rwr, shuier ,he Democrats had q minor
|isy on the board. aud under the corrnp
Howard the Republicans have always
un,il recently. had a majority or miuos
si,,..n lie board.
Howard has secured his election eac
thine by the vote Of Republican. IT,
board that elected Howard were Iii
sepublican; Keigwin, now OF the Re-
a publican satellites, aud Kirk, Democrat
H.. r...o. t~o... sl,. RoouhIfco
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04

III any body asks 70 borrow ycor meog
now. tell them Il u Lest silI Easter.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-15
4 victory for sunday Opening.

Sunday opening has been carried At
the Swansea congress by the votes Of Is
delegates against -. This makes A dis.
tinct aud important advance In favor of
the movement. Hitherto the stock arm.
mcnt Ut the Sabbaiarians has been tbat
the workingmen themselves, in whosc in.
terst the opening Of museums ON Sunday
II asked, do not want H. So sur did The
Archbishop II Canterbury feel of tbc on
position 81 the workingmen that he de-
clared his readiness To vote for SUNDAY
openings ~ -oon as they rally wanted n
Well, the vote Of Swansea il not conclnsivs.
hut il certainly shows that the Arbhisbon
may have To give his vote against the Ssbp
batarians ooner than he expected. Fo,
our part, ". regret that the mover of The
resolution did not append a rider Ia The
effect that Sunday opening shonld ho nv
managed NJ 90 give no additional hours ~
work TO any Of the museum stats. In ,hs,
ease the vote Of the congress woulJ have
been moc nearly unanimous than il WA.